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The Snake Stone
Jason Goodwin
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Description for The Snake Stone
Paperback. It is Istanbul, 1838, and a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is hired to investigate him, but when the man turns up dead, there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Now, Yashim has to uncover the truth behind a secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire. Series: Yashim the Ottoman Detective. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
It is Istanbul, 1838, and Lefèvre, a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is hired to investigate him, but when the man turns up dead, there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Once again, the investigator finds himself in a race against time to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, caught in a deadly game deep beneath the city streets, a place where the stakes are high - and betrayal is death.
It is Istanbul, 1838, and Lefèvre, a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is hired to investigate him, but when the man turns up dead, there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Once again, the investigator finds himself in a race against time to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, caught in a deadly game deep beneath the city streets, a place where the stakes are high - and betrayal is death.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571236473
SKU
V9780571236473
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Ref
99-41
About Jason Goodwin
Jason Goodwin studied Byzantine history at Cambridge University and is the author of Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire, among other books of cultural history and travel. He lives in Sussex, England, is married with four children, speaks French and German and once walked to Istanbul from Poland. This is the second of a series of ... Read more
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